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141. Absent Minded, Ethiopian farce, 1 

act ... 3 1 

73. African Box, burlesque, 2 scenes. . . 5 

107. Africanus Bluebeard, musical Ethi- 

opian burlesque, 1 scene 6 2 

113, Ambition, farce, 2 scenes 7 

133. Awful Plot (An) Ethiopian farce, la. 3 1 
43. Baby Elephant, sketch, 2 scenes.. . . 7 1 
42. Bad" Whiskey, Irish sketch, 1 scene. 2 1 
79. Barney's Courtship, musical inter- 

lude,.lact 1 2 

40. Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 4 

6. Black Chap from Whiteohapel, Ne- 
gro piece 4 

10. Black Chemist, sketch, 1 scene 3 

11. Black-Ey'd William, sketch, 2 scenes 4 1 
146. Black Forrest (The),Etiiiopian farce, 

1 act 2 1 

110. Black Magician (De),Ethiopian com- 
icality 4 2 

126. Black Statue (The), Negro farce 4 2 

127. Blinks and Jinks, Ethiopian sketch. 3 1 

128. Boboliuo, the Black Bandit, Ethio- 

pian musical farce, 1 act 2 1 

120. Body Snatchers (The), Negro sketch, 

2 scenes : 3 1 

78. Bogus Indian, sketch, 4 scenes 5 2 

89. Bogus Talking Machine (The), farce, 

1 scene 4 

24. Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 

108. Charge of the Hash Brigade, comic 

Irish musical sketch 2 2 

148. Christmas Eve in the South, Ethio- 
pian farce, 1 act 6 2 

35. Coal Heaver's Bevenge,Negro sketch, 

1 scene 6 

112. Coming Man (The), Ethiopian sketch, 

2 scenes 3 1 

41. Cremation, sketch, 2 scenes 8 1 

144. Crowded Hotel (The), sketch, 1 sc. 4 1 
140. Cupid's Frolics, sketch, 1 scene.... 5 1 

12 Daguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene .... 3 
53. Damon and Pythias, burlesque, 2 sc. 5 1 
63. Darkey's Stratagem, sketch, 1 scene 3 1 
131. Darkey Sleep Walker (The), Ethio- 
pian sketch, 1 scene 3 1 



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Deaf as a Post, Ethiopian sketch 2 

Deeds of Darkness, Ethiopian ex- 
travaganza, 1 act 6 1 

Desperate Situation (A), farce, 1 sc. 5 2 

Draft (The), sketch, 2 scenes 6 

Dutchman's Ghost, 1 scene 4 1 

Dutch Justice, laughable sketch, 

1 scene 11 

Editor's Troubles, farce, 1 scene.. . 6 

Eh ? What is it ? sketch. 4 1 

Election Day, Ethiopian farce, 2 sc. 6 1 
Elopement (The), farce, 2 scenes. .. 4 1 

Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene 10 1 

Fellow that Looks like Me, inter- 
lude, 1 scene 2 1 

First Night (The), Dutch farce, 1 act 4 2 
Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
Fun in a Cooper's Shop, Ethiopian 

sketch 6 

Gambrinus, King of Lager Beer, 

Ethiopian burlesque, 2 scenes, , , , 8 1 
German Emigrant (The), sketch, Isc. 2 2 
Getting Square on the Call Boy, 

sketch, 1 scene 3 

Ghost (The), Sketch, 1 act 2 

Ghost in a Pawn Shop, sketch. 1 sc. 4 

Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 3 

Going for the Cup, interlude 4 

Good Night's Kest, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
Go and get Tight, Ethiopian sketch, 

1 scene 6 

Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Guide to the Stage, sketch 3 

Happy Couple, 1 scene 2 1 

Happy Uncle Eufus, Ethiopian mu- 
sical sketch, 1 scene 1 1 

Hard Times, extravaganza. 1 scene, 5 1 
Helen's Funny Babies, burlesque, 

1 act 6 

Hemnfled In, sketch 3 1 

High Jack, the Heeler, sketch, 1 sc, 6 

Hippotheatron, sketch 9 

How to Pay the Kent, farce, 1 scene 6 

In and Out, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Intelligence OfiBce (The), Ethiopian 
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Me. Nathaniel Ghey, an aged milliouaire. 

Mbs. Langley, his widowed daiigliter. 

Kitty Langley, ■ " » 

Eknest Gekahd. | | | 

Mrs. Jim Klymee, a schemer. ' * 

BoBEKT Steel, her brother. 

Dick Danvees, a Iriend (impartiallj) to all. 

Little Elsie (age 5), wayward aud wilfnl. 

MoNsiEDK Hekcules Theophile Manteau, a French costumer. 

Maetha, maid in hotel. 

D.OTJGLAS, servant to Nathaniel Grey. 



TIME IN REPRESENTATION— TWO HOURS AND A HALF. 



TIME— The present. 



SCENERY. 

ACT I.— Conservatory in the house of Nathakiel Grey. 

" Trifles light as aif are to the jealous 
Coutirmatious strong as proofs of Holy Writ." 

ACT II. — Drawing-room in the honse of Nathaniel Geey. 

" Farewell, mine own familiar home, farewell." 
ACT III.— Private parlor in a hotel. 

" Illusion is brief, repentance is long.'' 
ACT rV. — Drawing-room in the house of Nathaniel Grey, same as Act II. 

" We live in heart-throbs, not in years." 
Between Acts I. and II. one night is snpposed to have elapsed; between Acts II. 
aud III. two hours; between Acts III. and IV. one hour. 



COSTUMES. 

Kitty.— Act 1, Sky-blue ball-dress. Act 2. Rose-color wrapper, with cascades of 
white lace. Act 3, Light gray walldiig costimie; gloves and bonnet to match. Act 
4,— First entrance— Same as in Act 3; Second entrance— White tea-gown. 

Mks. Klymee.— Act 1, Ball toilet of black tulle, with garniture of red flowers ; long 
black gloves; red satin wrap for Geeaed to bring in. Act i. Walking costume of 
brown, with trimmings of leopard skin; bonnet aud gloves to match. 

Mes. Langley.— Act 2, Morning wrapper of heliotrope-color silk, with knots of 
ribbon; breakfast cap. Second costume— Black .silk house dress; hair plainly 
dressed. Act 4, The same. 

MAETHA.-^Dark woolen dress, white apron, etc. 

Little Elsie.— A child's white waist, lady's long trailing skirt of yellow satiu, with 
flounces of black lace and trimmings of flowers; large fan; curls. 

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We are our own fates — 

Our owu deeds are our doomsmeii." 

Owen Meredith. 



ACT I. 

SCB'SE.—Consej-valory in (Ice home of Nathaniel Grey, on the night 
of a hall. Boor at c. Aii curtain rises, ivallz music is lieard as 
if coming from the ball-room. 

Enter, c. D., Dick Danvers andU.RS. Jim Klymer. 

Mrs. Klymer. Oli, dear me! I'lu quite brealliless, niul oli ! so tired. 
{in a confidential tone) Do you iaiow, Mr. Danvers, tluit you appeared 
to me, just now, quite in the ii.i;lit of a good angel? 

Danveks (bows). Indeed, Mrs. Klymer ! In what way may I liave been 
so fortunate as to win for myself tiiat bealitic appellation, even for tlie 
moment? {theij seat themselves h.) 

Mrs. K. By rescuing me from the enemy. 

Dak Enemy! What enemy? 

Mrs. K. My foe, for tlie nonce, lias taken the shape of the warlike' 
General Wild. 

Dan. All! General Wild, the hero of tlie battlefield. 
■ Mrs. K. (laughs). Perhaps; but not of the ball-room, certainl.v. The 
valiant soldier may have won many a victory on the field, \ml'{hufghs 
gayly) I doulit his ever winning a woman's heart. Tie certainly could 
never successfully dance his way into a, lady's affections. Oh ! my dear 
friend, the tortures I endured during this last waltz, under the guidance 
of Ills generalship, can better be imagined than described. 

Dan. (in mock intij). Poor AMctiin ! And had you to dance it all 
through? 

Mrs. K. (very calmly). Yes, Mr. Danvers, to the bitter end. (music 
from the ball-room ceases.) 

Dan. (laughs). Mrs. Klymer, behold in me a fellow-sufferer. I too 
have had much to undergo; as much, I think, if not more than you. 

Mrs. K. And what shape did your torture take? 

Dan. The somewhat broad shape of Miss Anu'elina Stout, (laughs.) 

Mrs. K. Oh! my ])oor C()m])anioii in misery! Surely you did not 
choose her for a partner of your own free will? 

Dan. No: I did it by special request of our hostess. Mrs. Lnngley. I 
folded my hands in meek submission, and tried not to murmur at my 
doom, as I sat the wtdtz out with the siiMiquated Angelina. 

Mrs. K. She, I believe, is the ladv with the charitable liobby, is she 
not? 
Dan. Yes. During the last ten minutes I have been regaled by the 



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nicitiil of good ilotids willioiit iiuiiilxT, :ii\(l llie result is. Unit yon see be- 
fure you \\o\v a palrou of Lliree — new — worLliy— cliariLuble — insLiLulions. 

Mrs. K. Poor man ! Their names? 

Dan. {laughs). For furUier particulars, apply to Miss An,ii;elina Stout! 
For pity's sake, luy dear Mrs. Klymer, let us forget the woes of the past 
in the comfort of the present. 

Mks. K. {/((lis herself, lanr/uidlij). Yes, and enjoy the delicious cool- 
ness of the conservatory iifter the heat of the ball-room, (looks around 
room) What a magniticent house this is of Mr. Grey's! 

Dan. Ah ! it is indeed ; and liow fortunate a girl is Miss Kitty L;ing- 
ley, grandchild and heiress of Mr. Nathaniel Grey, possessor of all this 
wealth. 

Mrs. K. {wilh interest). Is it really so, Mr. Danvers — is it positively 
a fact that Kitty Langley will inherit all her grandfather's money ? Are 
there no other relatives? 

Dan. None. There is no doubt al)Out it ; Miss Langley is one of the 
greatest heiresses in town. Mrs. Langlev, vou know, is Mr. Grey's only 
child. 

Enter Robert Steel, c. d. 

'Dan. {sees him). Ah. Mrs. Klymer. here comes your brotiier. {to Steel 
as he approaches) "Hail to the chief who in triumpli advances." {laughs. 
Mrs. K. laughs) By Jove! though. Steel, on neiirer inspection, how glum 
you look. Hardly the air of a conquering hero. Wliat pretty girl has 
been snubbing you now? 

Steel (6?w«7e.s-). Why do you ask? Do I look so mournful? If I do, 
I assure you it is not the result of any fair one's frown, but rather the 
thought of a very conunon-i)lace i)ersonage— (/«mv7//s) my tailor. Tiiat 
long-sufl[erinii' individual positively and firmly refuses any longer to 
clothe me at his own expense, and heartlessly insists that I i)ay my bill. 

Dan. {laughing). Is your bill then so frightfid a one? 

Stkel («i mock earnest). Terribly so. As I read it, the number of 
Oolliirs I bore with resignation ; but when I came to the cents attached 
to the account, oh ! then my fortitude gave way. 

Mrs. K. Yes, reallj-, why is it that it always does seem so? Why is 
it, I wonder, that the least ofiensive of the figures is always the last 
straw that breaks the camel's back? 

Dan. (laughs). AVell, thank kind Fortune, my nerves are never nn- 
strung by the sight of a bill. Any trouble in that way I always avoid 
by lianding them over, nnopened, to the liovernor. Sometimes, when 
he sees them, there is thunder in the air, but on t!ie wliole, I must say 
for him, that he bears it like a Romnn. 

Steel. Ah, Dnnvers, it's one thing to be a generous father's son, but 
quite another to be a i)oor orphan ! 

Dan. An orphan is it? Poor little one— poor child ! 

^t:-eel {half seriously). Ah. Danvers. you needn't smile. Poor or- 
phan indeed, who lias to wea,ther some ]iretty hard storms. 

Dan. a great many niiny days in your life, eh. Steel? 

Steel {with a .<tigh). Any number of them, ;ind wliiit is more, I've 
been obliged to fnce them all without even the protection of an umbrella. 
Ah, Danvers, tlmt's a state of things that you, lucky fellow, have never 
had to put up with — you, who have a CrcBSus for a father ! 

Dan. (laughs). That's true enough — ;is many silk umbrellas (fignrn- 
tively speuking, of course) as I have ever cared for, and a great deal of 
rich father for me, tlianks to the kind Goddess of Fortune. 



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Steel. Yes. kiiul to yon, but, cruel to me. 

Dan. {seniles). Siiuhs you, eli ? 

Steel. Umnerciruliy. 

Mrs. K. Yes, poor Bob, I fenr, is not on tliat lady's visiting list. 

Dan. {laxi/hs). WeW, Steel, let us hope that she "will not always thus 
give \oa the cold shoulder. 

Steel. Thanks, Duiivers, for the kind wish, which with all my lieart 
I echo, {siis, near Danvers.) 

Mrs. K. Ah, poor Bob, that goes witliout telling. 

Steel (s^//^s). But still, 1 fear'ine much tliat your friend, tlie Goddess 
of Fortune, has oidy frowns, dark frowns, for'nie. Certain it is, that 
up to the present day she has utterly and entirely ignored me. 

Dan. {laps him encourar/aigii/ oh (he shoulder). Ml desperayuhim— 
keet) up your spirits, and keep open your eyes, and perhaps some day, 
when you least expect it, tlie capricious goddess may suddenly take it 
.into lier head to beam ui)on you. 

Steel. Possibly, but, unfortunateli', not probably; and in the mean- 
time, as tilings now stand, I must confess that 1 greatly envy you— you 
who are so rich in the possession of liiis world's goods. 

Dan. {smiles). Or rather, in common parlance, you envy me my 
father. 

Steel. Most assuredly I do. 

Dan. Well, then, my dear fellow, to repeat your own words, "as 
things now stand," as you haven't a rich father, wliy in the world don't 
you go in for a rich fatlier-in-law ? Or — {as if a thotight had siiddenh/ 
struck him) I liave an idea — a ricli ^-rrtJirf-failier-in-law! I saj'. Steel, 
it wouldn't be a bad thing for you, if you made a trial for the lieiress 
of all lliis wealtli— would it now? 

Steel {seniles). A bad tiling, my dear fellow! Wliy, I'd be the iiap- 
piest man in the world could I be the gi-andchild-in-laio {laughs) of 
Nathaniel Grey. But, unfortunately, one serious obstacle stands in the 
way of that " consummation devoutly to be wished." 

Dan. {ivquirivgly). And that is 

Steel. The objection of the heiress herself, {latighs) I very much fear 
she'd never have me. 

Mrs. K. {starts, aside). I wonder if /could not manage it for him. 

Dan. Oh. ye shades ! A sudden and violent attack of modesiy. Alter 
having, for several seasons, "Avith great success," taken the role of 
liero in the comedy of love on the stage of life, you siuUlenly find your- 
self unable, in tliis case, to cope witli a more onerous part than that of 
walking gentleman. 

Mrs. K. {aside). In this cose, whore indeed " the game would be worth 
the candle." 

Dan. You, whose motto might M'ell be, "veni, vidi, vici"— Icame, I 
saw, I conquered, {smiles) Nonsense, man. screw up your courage, and 
remember, vone but the brave, none but the brave, none but the brave 
deserve the fair ! 

Steel {sighs). Ah. l)ut tliere are so many others before me— so very 
many aspirants for Miss Langley's haii<l. 

Dan. The greater, then, should your courage be; for how much more 
honor, should you succeed. 

Mrs. K.. Quite right, Mr. Danvers. Remember, Bob, the many iai\; 
the 0)16 succeeds. 

Steel. Well, I only wish I miglit be the one. I lieartily wish that for 
once the horn of i^leiity were jilaced in my way. 

Dan. Poor fellow, you are in a wishing mood to-night, {rises) Mrs. 



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Klymer, I will leave liiiii in your liaiids. Perhaps you can succeed in 
making liliii see tilings more couleur de roue. For now I really must 
leave you — must return to the ball-room, tliere to look up and dunce 
with that dreadful Miss Candor. 

Steel. Oh, horror of liorroi's! 

Mrs. K. The one who believes in always spealcing the truth, the plain, 
unvarnished truth, and nothing but the truth ? 

Dan. Yes, the same. In a rash moment I engaged myself to her. 

Mrs. K. Oh dear, no! That's among the impossibilities. 

Dan. {laughs). Oh, do not be alarmed, Mrs. Klymer. Fortunately 
uot for life, only for this waltz. \^Bows to Mrs. K. and exit, c. d. , 

Mrs. K. {earnestly). Poor Robert! is it really a fact that things look 
so blue for you? 

Steel {despondently). Tliey could not possibly look darker. 

Mrs. K. Are you again in del)t? 

Steel (.si^/w). Over head and ears ! Oh! Fan, could you not manage 
again, by hook or crook, to induce your husband to 

Mrs. K. {with decision). No, no ! Jim would only refuse. That you 
surely must know; After he had set you on your feet again, last spring, 
he swore that never, positively never, would lie do another thing for 
you. {sadly) Robert, can you not alter your ways? Wliy will you always 
run so heavily in debt? 

Steel {hittevly). Ah, Fan, it's fate— my miserable fate. I was boru 
under an unlucky star. Everything turns out so badly for me. Why, 
yesterday, (e.TCitec%) couldn't that liorse come in lirst instead of kist? 
Why, last night, could I uot win instead of lose at tlie club? {in a tone 
of despair) ¥m\, \x\\\ess your husband lielps me Pm afraid it's all over 
M'ilh me this time. I see no way out of my troubles but to blow out my 
brains, {buries his face in. his hands. Pause.) 

Mrs.K. {places her hand on his sho^dder ; encouragingly). Come, 
come, cheer up, brother mine, cheer up. Don't look at every tiling 
tlirougli such dark spectacles. I think I see liglit aliead. {guy music is 
heard as if coming from the hall-room.) 

Steel (looks up quickly). Do you ? Where ? 

Enter Ernest Gerard and Kitty Langley. Kitty is laughing gayly. 
They come down r. 

Mrs. K. {looking at Iter. Aside to Steel). There ! tliere ! {she and 
Steel talk in dumb shouK) 

Kitty {to Gerard, merrily). Yes, indeed. I mean it— I really do. I 
always have my own way, and tilings always turn out exactly ns I wish 
them to. {music from ball-room ceases. They seat ihe7n.<ielves.) 

Gerard {gravely). Is it then possilile that you have been so well 
shielded from all rough winds, that you have never, even in the slightest 
degree, learned the lesson of life— disapiwintment? 

Kitty {lifts her eyes to Gerard's, half wonderingly). Disappoint- 
ment? 

Gerard. Ah. yes, I see— that is a word as yet unwritten in your 
heart's vocabulary— never yet has the least ripple of tlie waves of the 
sea of trouble rolled over your young son!. All ! you are exceptionally 
fortunate. You are one of those to whom the "world ever turns its 
brightest pictures ; one of those who have all the song and none of the 
Bigii— all the joy and none of the sorrow, {theji talk in dumb .'ihou\) 

Steel {aside to Mrs. K.). But, Fan, Gerard, the ■lillionaire, is there 



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before me. You must he dreaming indeed Lo imagine that your good- 
for-nothing brother could enter the field with him— (knu/hs) your poor 
<iOod-for-notliing brother, with just enougii money in his pocket to buy 
the wedding-ring, antl perhaps {ilonblmgh/) fee the minister who ties 
tiie knot. In a race between us Gerard would surely be the winner. 

. Mks. K. (with meaning). Ah, but he will not be in the lield ; that I will 
manage for you, althougli as yet I don't quite know how, Robert, don't 
you remember when we were children, how you would always come to 
me when you were in any trouble, and say, "Sister Fan, you'll get me 
safely out of this, won't you ? " 

Steel {smiles). Ah, yes, Fan, my clever sister, I remember it well ; 
and generally, too, you managed bravely to solve all knotty problems 
for me. 

Mrs. K. (smiles). AVell, tlien. Bob, again place your trust in that sister, 
who will do all she can to help you. 

Steel (intently gazing at Kitty and Gerakd). Ah, Fan, but I fear 
she loves Gerard, and I know lie loves her. 

Mks. K. Never mind; in spite of all, I can, perhaps, succeed in blowing 
a colli wind between them ; and when your lime to act arrives I will 
give you a sign. Now, Robert, leave me for a little while; I want to 
think it out. 

Steel. Very well, Fan, set your woman's wit to work, (laug/is) aud 
I'll go back to the ball-room. 

iMrit, 0. D. Mrs. K. seems buried in thought. 

Gerard (to Kiity, earnestly). Your luippiness, then, depends entirely 
upon the outside world— you care so much for those constant excite- 
ments which it calls pleasures? 

Kitty (vierrily). Ah ! indeed I dearly love them. 

Gerard {with tenderness). If a man were fortunate enougli to win 
your heart, would you not perhaps be willing for hia sake to give up 
"some of these gayeties? Supposing that he were forced through cir- 
cumstances to devote much of his time quietly at home to au invalid sis- 
ter, (embarrassed) or — or — (pause— softly) Tell me. 

Kitty (falleringly). I— I— I— (lon't know. 

Mrs. K. (rouses herself from her reverie. Aside). I must go over 
there and break up that tete-a-tete. Each moment they are together is 
fraught with danger to Robert, (rises) Any moment he may sp<iak; any 
moment siie m:iy accept him. (crosses over to Gerard and Kitty. 
To Kitty) Miss Langley, you see how very lonely I am— won't you take 
pity on me, and let me join you? (Gerard rises.) 

KriTY. Certainly. (Mrs. Klymer seats herself 07i seat left vacant by 
Gerard.) 

Enter Danvers, c. d., and crosses to Kitty. 

Dan. Mi?s Lnngley, I come as envoy extraordinary from the powers 
tiid- l>p. (all laugh.) 

Gerard. In plain English ? 

Dan. I come as messenger from the lady who has the honor of being 
Miss Langiey's motlier. 

Kitty (ri.<ies). Ah, Mr. Danvers, a message from mamma? What is 
it? (she and Danvers walk a few steps itp stage) Let me hear it. (they 
tidk in dumb shoio.) 

Mrs. K. Mr. Gerard, wliy does one meet you so rarely? At reception, 
diimer. opera and ball, yoii are more conspicuous by your absence than 
your presence. You go out very liltie, do you not? 

Gerard (i/rrtre/^r/).' Yes, Mrs. Klymer, I stay at home a great deal 



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with my dear little sister— poor inollierless one, who lias no one in the 
wide world to love but Iter hlis; brother, (smiles.) 

Mrs. K. {in surjvise). Ahl jon liiive :i sister, Mr. Gerard? Is slie a 
little school-girl, ))us.v with her lessons? 

Gerard (««(%). Ah, poor, poor child! poor little Bess! The only 
school she attends is IW weary school of suflering ; the lessons which 
she is forced to lesirn, and whicli, alas! {sighs) I can make no easier for 
her, are the liard, cruel lessons of piuii and patience. 

Mrs. K. {taken aback). Oil ! a little invalid. I beg your pardon— 
I did not l<.now. How very sad ! 

Gerard {sighs). Yes, poor dear. And I like to do for her Ihe little 
that lies in my iK)wer to cheer a lot that is not tlie briglitest. The child 
loves me so fondly, and is so foolishly jealous of me. that it is one of lier 
greatest trials to see me go out. {smiles sadly) Only to-niglit, as- she 
placed this rose here, {points tojlotrer which he u-ears) slie said, " Deiir 
brother, dear, dear Ernest, don't give anyone this llower; don't ever 
part with anything I give you; for if yon do. it would make me feel as 
if you love some one better than you do me, and lliat would just break 
my heart. 

Mrs. K. {starts violently— aside, unth meaning). Tliank you, little 
sister — thank you; you have sliown me a way. Ah, I think, yes, I think 
•I have it now. {she and Gerard talk in dumb show.) 

Dan. (to Kitty). And I may tlien tell Mi's. Langley, may I not, that 
tlie daughter is willing and ready to obey the mother's behest? 

Kitty. You may. 

Dan. Tell lier that the liaughty little princess — — 

Kitty (gayly). By whom I suppose you mean no more nor less a per- 
sonage than 

DAf!. {smiles — borvs). Yourself— precisely. May tell lier that said 
princess will bear witli calmness {in mock earnest) the terrible fate of 
liaving lier lot cast with mine ; (Kitty laughs) that she lias consented 
to whirl through the mazes of the cotillon witli {makes a profound hoic) 
your humble servant? {laughs.) 

Kitty {laughs merrily). Yes, Mr. Danvers, you may, with perfect 
safetv, tell mamma all that. 

Dan. {smile.s). Or rather, to ]iut it more plainly, you will try not to 
feel too badly that Mr. Skipwell, the leader ^?«r excellence of the German, 
was unexpectedly called away a few moments ago; and will permit me 
anon— a poor substitute. I fear— to claim you for my partner? 

Kitty. You mav. [Dan. bores and e.vit. Kitty again seats herself. 

Mrs. K. {with meaning, and casting a side glance at Kitty, as though 
to make sure that she is attending). What a lucky man you are, Mr. 
Gerard, and how fascinating a one vou must be, to have insjured so fond 
a love in the little maiden's heart. (Kitty starts violently and looks 
quicklv up to Gerard. Mrs. K. watches her narrowly, then aside) 
Ah ! {then alnnd to Gerard) And yov. I sui)i)Ose, in turn love her? 

Gerard. Of course I love her. indeed I do. She is very dear to me. 
(Kitty's fan closes with a snap.) 

Mrs. K. {regards her closely, aside). Ah ! I am getting on. {aloud, 
.s?;r^^W?/) Mr. Gerard, I wonder would you think it too much trouble 
were I to ask you to do me a favor? 

Gerard {politely). What is it, Mrs. Klyiner? 

Mrs. K. {gives an affected little shiver). Oh ! it is so very chilly here. 
I am sadly in want of * my wrai); would you be good enough to bring it 
to me ? 

Gerard {bows). Why, certainly. {Exit, c. D. 



TEMPEST TOSSED. V 

Mrs. K. {looks after him). Wluit a ,i;oo(1 heart he has. (sighs, in a 
sentimeidal ione) Ah ! t)ut she's a liappy gu'l. 

Kmv (eagerly). She J Who? 

Mrs. K. (with affectation of incredulitf/). Ah ! tlien he did not tell 
YOU what he has just coiilided to me? You, I suppose, lie considers too 
youni; to uiiike a coulidaiit of. 

Kitty (quickly). Wliat do you mean ? ' 

Mrs. K. Gun you not ,ii,uess wiiat I mean? Do you then not know ' 
tliat unytliing- that renihids Ernest Genird of her is dear to him ? Wliy, 
t lie very rose which he wears to-nigiit in the button-hole of his coiit, 
where she placed it, he would not i)art with, I am sure, for anything, of 
any one ! 

Kitty (aside, roilh deep emotion). And I thought he c:ired for me ! 
(aloud, constrainedly) Mrs. Klymer, if you will excuse me now I think 
I'll return to the ball-room, (u'alks quickly to c. d.) 

Enter Gerard, c. d., toith Mas. Klymer's wra}). 

Gerard (stoyjs short as he and Kitty meet). Why, where are yon 
rushing to, so like a small whirlwind? (starts) A.wl (in astonishment) 
iiow frightened you look ! Wiiat is it? Have you seen a. ghost? 

Kitty (nervously, lookin;/ down). I— I— oh— I was just going to get 
some 1\o\vers—(laur/7i.s in a feverish fashion) a rose— to get a rose. 
(abruptly') Oh, you have such'a pretty one! 1 wonder uov/— (wistfully) 
1 wonder if you wouldn't give it to me ! 

Gkrard (gently). Ah, lib ; not this one. Let me get you one from 

Kitty (eagerly). No, no ! that one— that one I want. 

GERA.RD (embarrassed). I am sorry, but this one I cannot! I will 
tell you why I cannot 

Mrs. K. (quickly, as if fearfjd that hetnay e.vplain). All, Mr. Gerard, 
you've brought my wrap. How kind of you ! And now, will you take 
me back to the ball-room ? 

Gerard (to Kitty). Will you not come too? 

Kitty (shortly). No ! 

GiiRARD (in a low tone to Kitty). I hope you are not angry be- 
cause- — ■ 

Kitty (drawi herself up 2')roudly, with hauteur). I — why shonhl I be 
angry ? 

Mrs. K. (smiles sardonically to herself— with triumph, aside). Mis- 
chief, tliou art afoot, take thou what course thou wilt. 

[E,cit with Gerard, c. d. 

Kitty (stands looking after them, very sadly). How much he must 
love her to be unwilling to part with even a little flower that she gave 
him ! I wonder who she is. (starts) Oh ! oh ! oh ! Tiiat is what he 
wanted to tell ine when he said he had something especial to say to me 
to-night. That is what he brought me here for. Just as Mrs. Klymer 
came up and inteiTui)ted us, lie was going to tell me of her, to sing her 
l)raises. And oh ! I would have had to listen, would perhaps have had 
to congratulate him on his engagement, (shudders) /congratulate him ! 
No, no ! I could not do that— I could not do that, (covers her face inifh 
her hands. Pauses, looks np sadly) And I thought that he was about to 
Tell me he cared for me ! How embarrassed I was— how agitated. How 
amused he must have been at my expense— how he must iiave laughed 
at me. (in growing excitement) Laughed at me! How dare he laugh 
-at me ! How dare he ! {excitedly) Oh ! how to prevent his ever laugh- 
ing at ine again. Oh ! how to prevent it. How ? (pauses, starts sud- 



t'lO TEBH>EST TOSSED. 

denh/) Ah ! yes, yes, I'll do it.. I will. I will. Never again, Ernest Ger- 
iird, will you liiive tiie opportuniLy of hiiighini!; iit me. You liave done 
so for Llie last time. You sliuU see how liLllel cure for you— how liLlle 
1 inteud breukiiiu; my lieart for you. To tlie first iiuiii tiitit asks me, I 
will say yes -I will engage myself. Yes, yes, Ihe very first one who 
ofl'ers I will accept. 

Enter Steel, c. d. Ue^tands a moment at door, looking around. 

Steel {aside). Where is she ? {sees her, smiles to hiviself) Ah, yes, 
there is imidenioiselie, indulging in ii fit of the sulks, {with conviction) 
Yes, Fun was right. Now is my time, if ever. Now I have great 
chances of beconiing the grandson-in-law of Mr. Nathaniel Grey, mill- 
ionaire, ten times over. Now, tlianks to Fan's clever management, if I 
jiiistalie not, I may be accepted, in a fit of pique, by the lieiress. {pause) 
She my wife ! {bitterly) 0!i ! those debts, those miserable, pressing debts. 
{very sadly) Ah \ Jane Sutherland, dear Jane, if you were only not so 
])Oor, my love, how happy my life might be. Will 1 ever be able to for- 
get you, dear? {pauses, 2}asses his hand across his eyes, starts) Bail ! 
there are few memories, they say, that gold cannot stifie. {crosses over 
to Kitty. With an air of gallantry) Miss Liingiey, you here alone! 
How comes so strange a tiling? though I should not be the one to 
question the happy chance— I can but bless so lucky an accident. 

Kitty {aside, nnth meaning). All ! 

Steel {softly). Miss Langley, I liave sought, for a long time, tliis op- 
portunity of speaking to you alone, {waltz music heard as if coming 
from the hall-room.) 

Kirre {aside, bitterly). I liave said the first who asks me. Why not 
lliis one as well as another? {icith decisioii) This man be it then. 

Steel {glancing furtively around, aside). Silence gives consent. 
{sighs) Now for it. {aloud) Am I presumptuous iu iioping that I am not 
entirely indifferent to you? Surely you must have noticed that I love 
yoii ! May 1 not hope liiat you will jionor me by acce])ting my hand? 
(Kitty stretches ovt her hand to him. He takes it, bows over it, and 
murmurs) If the devotion of a lifetime — {l:i.ises her hand.) 

Kiri'Y {aside, jvoudly). Now, Ernest Gerard, you shall see how little 
I care that you passed me by, 

CURTAIN. 



ACT II. 

SCENE, — Brawivri-room in the house o^ Nathaniel Grky, elegnntti/ 
furnished. Doors a., R. and L. : tabfe c. fi'ont ; fireplace with fire 
burning ; dock and ntatnettes on inantet. 

At rise of curtain. Grey is discovered in arm-chair in front of fire, 
reading a neninpaper ; Mrs. Lanoley seated front, embroidering, 
and Kitty on sofa. 

Enter Douglas, c. d, 

Douglas (bows), Jackson agke, at what time you would like the car- 
riage ? 



TEMPEST TOSSED. 11 

Mrs. Langley {looks up from her sewing). KitLj", my darling, at what 
hour do you wuiiL to go out? 

'KiTiY {sadly). I don't c;ire to go out at all, iiiainina. 

Mrs. L. Douglas, you may tell Jackson that we will not drive to-day. 

[Douglas bows and exit, c. d. 

Gbet {looking urp from paper, kindly). KiLty, you are strangely out 
of sorts iliis morning. Dicl your ball last night prove pleasanter in an- 
ticipation than in re:ilization? Has it, like so many sweet things, left a 
bitter after taste? Did you not enjoy yourself, my dear? 

Kitty {aside, bitterly). Enjoy myself! Oh, Erliest ! Ernest ! 

Unter Douglas, c. d. 

Doug. Mr. Sterling is waiting for you, sir, in the library. 

Grev. Ah, Sterling ! He is punctual, {to Douglas) Very well, say 
that I will be with him directly. 

[Douglas bows and exit, c.D. 

Kitty {breathlessly, as Grey rises and goes toward c. d.). Oh ! 
grandpapa, don't go yet ; 1 have something to tell you. Won't j'ou stay 
for a moment, please? 

Grey. Certainly, my dear. What is it? 

Kitty. Well. graiidpai)a, it's this, {aside) Oh dear! oil dear! I wish I 
knew how to tell it. I'm sure they won't like it a, bit. {bitterly) Neither 
do I. {aloud, embarrassed) Grandpapa, some — one — is coming— here — 
to see nie — this morning! 

Grey {fondly, quesiioningly). Well, my dear, what of that? 

Kitty, {hesitatingly). But — but — it's a gentleman ! 

Grey {smiling). And is that so astounding a fact that you must tell 
me of it at this moment, wlien I am waited for? When you are aware, 
my dear, that Mr. Sterling, the eminent lawyer, is awaiiing me in the 
library ; James Sterling, whose every moment, you surely must know, 
is valuable, and wlio has, in all probability, already wondered and grown 
quite impatient at my, to liim, unaccountable delay. Can I go now, 
dear? 

Kitty {nervously). No, grandpapa; let me tell you first, {aside) Oh ! 
liow shall I say it? {aloud, constrainedly) He "is coming at twelve 
o'clock. 

Grey {looks amused, kindly). Kitty, my dear, lias yoxir ball last night 
unsettled your reason? Dear child, surely you must know that it is a, 
matter of no importance to me whether you friend comes at twelve or at 
one o'clock, {again goes toward door, c.) 

Kitty {desperately). Well, then, grandpapa, the man who's coming 
this morning is the one that I'm engaged to. 

Grey {atops short). Ah ! 

Mrs. L. {droits her work in astonishmenf). Engaged, Kitty ! 

Grey {comes back from door, .sloirly). Ah ! now my dear, I under- 
stand why you found your news so hard in the telling. But, my cliild, I 
am not displeased at it. On tlie contrary. I am glad that you have 
chosen so wisely. I like the man ; he is honest and noble. I have 
always liked Ernest Gerard. 

Kitty {starts). Don't take things so for granted, {throics herself pet- 
tishly on sofa and buries her face in the cushions, then in a smothered 
voice) I'm not engaged to him— I'm engaged to 

Grey {astonished). What ! Oh, not then to Ernest Gerard ? {gravely) 
I am sorry for that. Who is it? Ah ! it is then Hubert Skipwell. {kind- 
ly) Am I right, my dear? 



't2 TEMPEST TOSSED. 

Kitty (slill with her face buried in the cushions, in a siriothered tone). 
It's— it's— Robert Steel ! 

Mrs. L. {starts violently, with emotion). No, no ! iny cliilil, not be ! 
not lie ! 

Grey {goes near sofa and stands there looking doicn at Kitty for a 
moment, then sternly). So tliat is why you feared to tell nie. And yoii 
were ri"bt to do so; you were ri<>iit. You must know wliut I think of 
men like Robert Steel. Steel is a spendthrift, a vagabond, Avithout 
lieart, as cold as his name; a man who could not earn an honest dollar. 
You shall never marry him. 

Kitty. I will, I will, though ! I have already given my word. 

Mrs. L. {reprovingly). Kitty ! 

Kitty. No, inannna, grandfather must not speak so of the man who 
will be my husband. 

Grey (commandingly). Your husband ! Never, Kitty, never ! {pause, 
then with great tenderness) My child, I have loved you fondly, how 
fondly Heaven knows ; but I would as soon see you dead before me as 
see you the wife of tliat man— that man, who wants you only for the 
sake of your money— my money, mine, {with decision) But this I swenr, 
not onecent of it'shallRobsrt" Steel ever see, whether you become his 
wife or no. You understand, child, you understand? 
■ K^Ti\ {sullenly). I won't l)reak my promise — I never do. 

Grey {looks sadly at her, quietly). My child, Ave do not stand upon 
equal ground. It l)elits neither your youth nor my age for us to bandy 
words. ( pause) Alice, I leave your daughter to you. 

\_Ooes slowly out, c. d. 

Mrs. L. My child, my darling, come here. 

Kitty {slowly crosses over to her mother, and stands before her 'with 
the attitude of a cliild who expects a scoldUig). Well, mamma? 

Mrs. L. {takes Kitty's hand fondly). I want to speak to you, dear. 
{she motions Kitty to a low ottoman which stands at her feet. Kitty 
seat* herself on it) Kitty, how could you speak so, just now, to your 
grandfather, of whose goodness and loving-kindness yon have always 
Ji ad ample proof ? Do you not know, ciiild, that if for once he refuses 
you anything, it is only because, with his clearer judgment, he knows it 
to be for your ultimate good. He has your welfare at heart, rest as- 
sured, and knows that your happiness would not be secured l)y a mar- 
riage with Robert Steel. Oh ! tell me, dear, what made you do it? Why 
did you engage yourself to this man ? Kitty, a mother cnn always look 
into her child's heart, and in yours I read no love for Robert Steel, {sadly) 
Oh ! child, I know your hasty temper. If perhaps in a moment of piqtre 
at some fancied slight from some one, you accepted iliis man, (Kitty 
starts) reflect, reflect, before it is too late, and break ofl'this engagement 
so hastily entei'ed into last evening, {vitisic, ^)Zrt/r2to-e. With great 
tenderness) When my child stands at the altar, before the world, by the 
the side of the man whom she has chosen out of it, she must feel with 
all her heart, " This man I love, this man I resi)ect." 

Kitty {bursts into tears). Oh, mother, mother! 

Mrs. L. {kisses her). My dear, my dear, don't, I did not mean 1o 
grieve you. I only wished to show you how to look into your own 
lieart — only wish you, my darling, to reflect, {holds her for a moment 
to her heart. Stop music) Amf now, dear, {rising) I must join your 
grandfather and Mr. Sterliiiij in the library; they may require my pres- 
ence. I will be back soon though, Kitty, my darling, very soon. 

.[Ev/f, c. D. 
Kitty {as if in deep reflection). Is it so? Was it perhaps only a fan- 



TEMPEST TOSSEl). 13 

cied sli:j,'ht? Do I surely know lie wns luughing at mel {rises, sadly) 
Perli:ii)3, ])erliai)S ! Oil! Ernest, Eriiest! \_Exit, l., sobbing. 

Mrs. Klymbr {withouf). Pleiise, Douglas, liunl for it in llie oilier 
rooms, {eiders, c. \>.) and I'll look for it here, {pause, tlien medttative- 
ly) Poor Robert is right, something must be done, and tiiat quickly too. 
A long engngement is not to the poor boy's taste, or to that of his 
ci'editors eitiier. {smiles) If I could only manage as well this morning us 
I did last night, the heiress' money might soon, very soon, be Bob's. I 
wonder what is the best thing for me to do. {appem-s to be reflecting) I 
suppose it would not farther my ])lan3 were I to show that Roliert has 
already made me his coiilidanl. {pause, then with decision) No, I will 
aiipetir iguorant of the engagement. 

Enter Kitty, l. d. 

Kitty. Good-morning, Mrs. Klymer. {they shake hands.) 

Mrs. K. {suavely). I'm sorry to troulile you so early, but last night, 
or rather this morning, I came home minus a bracelet, and naturally 
concluded that I had lost it here. 

Kitty {aside). I wonder if her brother has told her. {aloud, politely) 
Too liad. I'll tell the servants to look for it. {goes toward c. D.) 

Mrs. K. Oh! no, thanks; don't trouble yourself. Your servant is 
already— I took the liberty of 

Kitty {with indifference). Ah \ you told him then? {returns from 
door. Mrs. K. sinks in arm-chair with an afftctation of exhaustion. 
Kitty seats herself near table.) 

Mrs. K. {with an affected sigh). Oh ! I am so tired ; for early as it is, I 
liave already been at the cabinet-maker's, attending to my new furniture. 
{gushingly) I thought it so beautiful when I saw the designs and selected 
the materials, but" I sadly fear lam of a very envious disposition, for 
Avhen I got there, and sa,w the lovely sets that are intended for Mr. 
Gerard's new house — Ernest Gerard's, you know— my own l)ecame sud- 
denly plain in my eyes. The upholsterer smilingly said that Mr. Gerard 
is as particular about every trifle as a woman, {u^th meaning) Well, I 
suppose {with a laugh) notl'iing is too good for this new home, {laughs) 
He must have a beautiful cage for his bird. (Kitty starts violently. Mrs. 
K. watches her, then aside) K\\, tiie shaft has gone home! {with convic- 
tion) Robert will soon come into his money, {alond) And now I re;dly 
must hunt for my bracelet, {appears to be looking for it around room 
— pause) By Ihe way, I met this morning an old friend of mine— Mrs. 
Thornton. Ton know who she is. do you not? 

Kitty {ivho has been behaving in a -nervous manner, constrainedly). 
You mean Daisy Rushton, that was? 

Mrs. K. {still hunting for bracelet). Yes. Now she's what I call a 
plucky girl. Now there was Harold Lee, who snubbed her so cruelly, ydu 
may remember. Ah, no ; that was before your day. Well, he thought 
Daisy would wear the willow for him: but what did Daisy do but u]) and 
away to the nearest church with Teddy Thornton : and she had the 
satisfaction of knowing that Lee nearly broke his heart over her mar- 
riage. Oh! but he was furious, I remember— furious. Now that's the 
thing that any and every sensible girl, with any spirit, should do, if a 
man has been amusing himself at her exjiense. 

Kitty {starts violently, and in so doing overturns card-basket irhich 
stands on table). How awkward of me ! 

Mrs. K. {lavghs gayly^. Dear me. dear me! there, you've gone and 
scattered your i'riends to the four winds. 



14 TEMPEST TOSSEB. 

Kitty {nervousl^j). If jou'll excuse nie a moment, I'll call Douglas to 
giitlier llieni up. {goes ioicurd c. d. ) 

Mrs. K. What, the frieuds? 

Kitty. No, the cards. [Exit, c. d. 

iMrs. K. Ah! that was a happ.v iDvention of mine — that of Daisy 
Ruslitoii — poor, coiiiiiiou-place Daisy, and one for whicii Bob's crediLoi's 
sooirwill thaiilv me ; for, if I am not greatly mistaken, I iiave paved tlie 
way well for liim by tiiis morning's worl\. Now, Robert, you will Iiave 
but little troiiliie, I tliink, in inducing your tiaucee to consent to a hasty 
marriage. This siwiled, wilful haughty girl, wiio never before in iier 
life has had the slightest grief, is already rendered almost desperate by 
tlie tiiouglit of Ernest Gerard's bride, {law/hs softly 1o herself) I sliould 
say imaginary— ah ! very, very inuiginary bride. How proud she is, 
jiow very proud, and liow sensitive to ridicule. How hard she strove to 
hide from me the pain my little story caused her. Like Caesar of old, 
siie too, when wounded, would hide her head in her mantle— her mantle 
of pride— that noue should witness the death-pang iu her face. 

Eater Douglas, c. d., crosses over, gathers up cards, and replaces 
basket on table. 

Douglas, have you found my bracelet? 

Douglas. No, ma'am, though I looked everywhere — lil)rarj', picture- 
gallery and all. \_Bows and exit, c. d. 

Mrs. K. Ah, my good man, I should iiave been a great deal more 
astonished at its appearance iu this house than at its non-appearance. 
(S7niles) Poor man, how could you be expected to find it liere, when at 
this moment I know it to be safe on its satin cushion in my jewel-case? 
{laughs) However, that jn'etext served as well as another, and for any 
trouble that I may have taken in Rol)ert's behalf, I liave small doubt 
that I will be well repaid ; for soon, to my somewhat meagre collection 
of jewels he will add many, {smiles) bought with old Nathaniel Grey's 
money. 

Enter Kitty, c. d. 

{to Kitty) Ah, well, I'm afraid that this is a hopeless seai'ch. The 
bracelet. I fear, is really lost. And now I must be ofl". Good-bye. {goes 
up to Kitty and shakes hands with her) Why, how cold your hand is ! 
Are you not well? 

Kitty {in a low voice, constrainedly). I — I — oh, yes, very well. 

Mrs. K. {aside). Poor thing! I wonder ifl haven't nearly broken her 
heart. I am almost sorry, {pause, starts) But pshaw, the end justilies 
the means. ' \_E.vit, c. d. 

Kitty {excitedly walking up and down the stage). Mrs. Klymer says 
that man was furious — perfectly furious. Yes, Daisy Rushton was right. 
I'll do it too— I'll do it! I'll do it! Oh! oh! oh! I'll doit, this very day ! 
Why not to-day as well as to-morrow, or the day after? Ernest Gerard, 
you shall not luive it all your own way; you shall not have tiie satisfac- 
tion of laughing at me, or tliiid<ing that 1 care, {pause, sadly) I wonder 
liow she looks. Beautiful. I suppose, {bitterly) Of course she is beauti- 
ful — very, very beautiful — I know, and my opposite in every way. {sadly) 
Oh, liow much lie seems to love her— how last evening, for her sake, lie 
was rude, positively rude, to me— wouldn't uive me that flower, because 
lie received it from her hands. Of course they're charming — her hands 
—little, white, lovely ones, {holds up he)- hands and looks at them) 
Much smaller than mine, and mucli, much whiter. Oh, how I hate her ! 



TEMPEST TOSSED. 15 

(stamps her foot and clenches her hands. Pause, then with a sob) 
How I wisli I could hate him. {sinks into a chair, presses her handker- 
cluef to her eijes, sobs. Pause, then Jumps up, jjulls and tears at Iter 
handkerchief and excitedty walks up and down star/e) Yes, 1"11 do it — 
I will, I will ! {glances at clock on. mantel) Quarter to twelve. At twelve 
Robert Steel will be liere ; and the next Ernest Gerard hears of nie, I'll 
be married, {in. gro'wimj agitation, she rolls her haiidkerchief iiito a. 
little ball, and in great anger throws it far from her to the floor furi- 
ously) W\\ Ernest Gerard, you shall see, you sliall see! {rushes out 
L. D. Pause.) 

Enter Mk. Gkey and Mus. Langley, c. d. 

Mrs. L. But, father, should she refuse to give up tliis man— slioiild 
she assure you that lier happiness depends on her marriage with liiui, 
surely then you will not withiiold your consent. 

Grey. Yes, Alice, I will, even then. Her liappiness cannot depend 
on it. She can be but niiseral)le with this man. All iier life long I have 
looked calmly on while you liave humored her every whim, until she has 
become the capricious, wilful girl she now is, who knows no discipline. 

Mrs. L. Ah, but, fatl)er, you know why I never dared to cross lier— 

you know how delicate she is, liow liable at any moment to {brushes 

away tears.) 

Grey. All, yes, my dear, that trouble about lier lieart. You always 
feared that any sudden sliock might kill her. Yes, yes, I know Alice. I 
know, I know; you never dared to thwart lier, and I— I have always felt 
for you, and granted her every, her slightest wish. But now, Alice, 
when so serious a thing as iier marriageis in question, it is our duty, 
Alice, it is viy duty to step iu. 

Enter Douglas, c. d., bringing a silver salver with letter on it, tvhich 
he hands to Mrs. Langley. 

Douglas. A note that Miss Kittv left for you. 

Mrs. L. What! A note IVom Miss Kitty ! Did she go out? 

Douglas. Yes, ma'am, with a gentleman. [Bows and e.xit, a. d. 

Mrs. L. Strange! A note from Kitty ! {tears open letter. Music till 
curtain. Reads) -'Mother— grandfather,— Wlien you read this I will 
have left you liotli for ever." {screams.) 

Grey {starts back). Ah ! 

Mrs. L. (j-e«(fe). In an hour I shall be Robert Steel's wife." {looks up 
from letter, with dee}) eviotion) No, no! not that, {again reads, her 
voice breaking) "You would not give your consent, so I shall have to 
do without it. KriTY." {letter drops from her hands to the floor) Oh ! 
my poor, poor child'! 

Gk^y {sternly). So! And now, Alice, novi^ you see the result of your 
indulgence. Kitty's life, until to-day, has been all sunshine. She lias 
never had anything refused her. and the first time no is said to her, 
ill a moment of anger she casts aside every tie, and wrecks her life for 
ever. For, Alice, this man is a ne'er-do-well, a fortune-hunter, and 
never, never, shall he see one cent of my money. 

Mrs. L. {.fobs). Forgive her. 

Grey. Never ! I curse 

Mrs. L. Stop, stop, father! Do not dare curse her. Kitty may no 
longer be your heiress, but she is still mv child. 



16 TEMPEST TOSSED. 



ACT III. 

SCENE.— ^n eleganthj-furnished parlor in a Tiotel. Boor in flat, c. ; 
table and chairs, c. ; windoic l. ; mirror k. 

As curtain rises, a woman^s voice, with jjiano accompaniment, heard, 
as if coming from -next room, singing some iwetiy, merrij song. 
Martha discovered dusting. 

Martha {dusting). Oli, clear me. dear rue! I'll never be ready in time, 
1 know. Never again will I accept a situation ill a liotel. In a private 
lionse we poor girls liave only one master or mistress, but liere one lias 
new ones every day. What with tliat cross old man in number twenty- 
S(!ven. and that dreadful child in number thirty-two. my life is a burden. 
There's only one nice person on my floor, and that's that sweet young 
lady, with the lovely A'oice, next door. Bless lier dear heart, liow I do 
love to hear her sing, {stops dusting for a moment and liste?is) Her 
voice is just like an angel's, {singing ceases. Martha again dusts. 
Noise without as if a child were beating on the door) Now, in the name 
of wonder, what's that? House coming down, or what? 

Little Elsie {without). Marfa, Marfa., it's me; let me in. 

Martha. Oh, iishavv! only that liltle torment again, {calls) Elsie, go 
right away from that door, child ; I'm busy. 

Elsie {trithout). Marfa, Marfa, iiere I is, come to call on you. {beat- 
ing at door continues.) 

Martha. Well, she never does give a liody a minute's rest anyhow. 
. {lays down duster) Miglit as well attend to her first as last, {goes to door 
and opens it.) 

Enter Little Elsie, looking absurd, dressed up in a lady's long trail- 
ing skirt of bright yellow satin, trimmed with lace flounces, flowers, 
etc. It being much too long for her, .<ihe holds the front of it high 
up as she walks. She carries a large fan, which she waves back- 
ward and forward. 

Martha. Goodness gracious snkes alive ! you naughty, naughty child ! 
Your mamma's elegant new French dre.ss, as I live! What did "she say 
when you put it ont (Elsie hangs her head) There, I'll wager anything 
that your mamma, didn't see you' in it. Now, honest, child, did she? 

Elsie {hangs her head). No, Marfa. 

Martha. I thought so, for only yesterday I heard her saying, "Elsie, 
remember, mamma won't allow you to put on her nice dresses to play 
lady ill." Don't you remember that, you little worry, you? Always up 
to some mischief! Your mamma will be very angry. 

Er,siE {gdes toward door). Guess I'll go now, Marfa,; you don't seem 
to like lompany. I got some more calls to make. Good-bye. 

Martha {laughs, and kisses he?-). Oh. .you cunning little thins-, you ! 
You don't like to lie scolded; that's why ycu "guess youMl go now." 
(again kisses her) There now, child, go straight to your nurse and ask 
her to take oft' that beautiful dress. "You know you might tear it, and 
then, Elsie, {holding up and shaking her forefinger at her) what would 
your dear mamma say? She'd be awfully aiigry. So run along now, 
an<l take it right ofl". Don't keep it on another liiinute. 

Elsie {diflautly). I will, 1 will, 1 will ! 



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Martha. Wliat, kopp it oh? 

Elsie {exit, c. d., her voice n-ithoiit). Yes, jos, yos! 

Martha. Oh, wliat a little lieap of iiuiiglitiiiess. {sturis) But oli, now 
I must luuTV, Imri'y dreudfully, or I won't have the room ready in lime 
for liie new people, who niust be great swells indeed, like all the otlier 
rich ones who take these awfully expensive apartments, {business of 
'pulling room to rigJils) And now, thank goodness, for once tiie liouse- 
keeper will iiave no excuse for scolding nie. Everything is perfectly 
ready, {tool's oul al door) And not a minute too soon eillier, {music) for 
here they come now. 

Enter, c. D., Robert Steel and Kittt. 

(conrlseys) I hope, ma'am, you'll find everything comfortahlo. If I've 
forgotten anytiiing, and you should want me, {'u-ith an affable smile) 

myname's Marllia, Mrs. ^ev—{i)iguiri)igl!/) Mrs. — er 

"Stkel. Mrs. Steel. 

Martha {Iteaves a sigh of relief ). Mrs. Steel, (aside) Th aid; goodness, 
a short name. I always forget long ones. Steel! That's an easy one 
to remember. Mrs. Steel ! (goes oul repeating) Mrs. Steel ! 

[Exit, c. D. Slo}-) music. 

Steel. Well, my dear, what do you think of your new name? Does 
it seem strange to hear yourself addressed by it? (Kitty smiles sadly, 
takes off' her hat and glares and lays them oil the table. She has on a 
'iceddiug-ring) That's right, my dear. Your head will feel more comfort- 
able, now that you have removed your bonnet. You ought to go to the 
Avindow and let the cool air blow in ui)on you for a few minutes. It will 
soon revive you. {he opens the irindow and places a chair by it for 
Kitty ; she seats herself) Poor child ! Tell me. dear, what made you 
faint just now at the altar? Were you afraid to trust your future to my 
careV I was sadly ashamed ; it looked before the two witnesses as if 
mine were an unwilling bride. 

Kitty. I am sorry, but indeed I could not lielp it. {j>auses and sighs 
ileeply) Oh ! I did iiot know, two hours ago — ah ! {with a far-away look 
in her eyes, and her liands clasped tightly together) can it h.ave been 
only such a short time — only two hours! It seems like some far-dfl' 
dream, (starts) I di(l not know then how my mother's words would ring 
in my ears— my mother, whom I shall never see again ! 

St'eei, (smiling, lightly). Poor dear! The marriage ceremony first, 
and your fainting fit after, have made you strangely fanciful, (kindly) 
Surely you cannot think me such a tyrant as to dream that I would for 
a, moinent propose separating you from your mother. On the contrary. 
I will myself take you to your * home— o?/r home— now, dear, at once, jf 
you wish. There we wilfhave quite a, nice little scene between us all-- 
'(.s7ow%) we making our prettiest excuses for oin- hasty — cur romantic 
marriage ; mammar giving us both — her daughter and her son-in-luw — 
the kiss of foriiiveness, and grandpapa (laughs) doing the God-bless- 
vou-mv children business in good old-fashioned style. Is it not so, my 
dear?" 

Kitty (sadly). Oh ! you do not know! yon do not know! 

Steel (with indifference). Do not know what? 

KiTTV. That I liave no one now in the world but you ; (Steel looks 
ironderingly at her) that when, two hours ago, I closed the door of my 
Jiome, and stood out in the cold, 1 left my old life behind me for ever! 
(her voice trembling) My mother will never willingly see me again: my 
grandfather will never forgive me. lie swore that if ever I married you 



18 TEMPEST TOSSED. 

lie would disown me; tliat if I became your wife, not cue cent of iiis 
money siiould we ever see. 

Steel {during the latter jKirt ofiJds speech has stood as if "paralyzed, 
then guickly, excitedly). You don't know whiit you suy: you sire mad ! 

Kitty {very sadly and wonderingly). ^V]ly siiould you think me mad 
because I tell j^ou tliat I liave forfeiied maminu's love? {ivrings her 
hiuids) Oil ! tell me, tell me, wiiat evil genius could have induced us to 
take tills liastystep? Already I am sorry for it. Already I lialf wlsli 
tliat it could be undone. 

Steel {fiercely). You cannot wish so more than I. Oh ! fool that I 
■was. I miglit have known that an heiress could not be won thus easily, 
without the consent of lier guardiaiis. {scornfully) That is, the heiress 
berself miglit be won, such as siie is, but the liioney stays beiiind. 

\<inTY {rising, terrified). ^N\\i!il\ what! what did you say ? 

Steel {abruptly). But, Kitty, surely you are mistaken. Surely you 
have some money of your own. 

Kitty. No, I liave not a dollar in tlie world. 

^■v^^ia {furiously). No more have I. Curse you! 

Kitty {screams). Ah ! {jmls her hands to her ears.) 

SrEp:L {rushes to where she stands and jtlaces his hand over Iter 
month, til en fiercely). Husli ! Don't dare make such a noise in a hotel. 

Kitty {slowly closes and again opens her eyes, as if wondering 
xchether, perhaps, she is not in a dream, ; then looks around the romn 
in a beicildered, uncertain manner; gazes intently in mirror at her- 
self; 2)asses her hand in a dazed way across her forehead ; then stares 
long and intently at Stef.l; .slowly). Robert — Robert Steel — is it you ? 
Is tliis girl /.'' Am I mad? {pauses, then very slowly) Are we two the 
same who only last night were in the conservatory in my grandfather's 
house? Are you the man who said he loved me? 

Steei. {irith suppressed fury). Ah! I am punished already for that 
lie. Love you! If yonkwew— {with emotion) ah I if you knew how I 
love another, you could understand, perhaps, the feeling in my heart at 
this moment for you. (fiercely) You, whom I married for your mouej' — 

Kitty {moans). Ah ! 

Steel. — and that money you have forfeited; it is beyond my reach. 
To free myself from my debts I sought to win you for my wife ; and now 
that that great feat has been accomplished — now that 1 have iieen suc- 
cessful in my suit — now that I have won you, {very scornfully) all that 
I have gaiued by that act has been to hang a millstone 'round my neck. 
Love you! You ask me if I love you. Love you ! I think I hate you 
now. [E.xit, furiously, c. d. . 

Kitty {puts her hand to her heart). Oh ! the pain ! the pain ! {falls 
fainting to the floor, and remains so for a moment, then murmiirs) 
Mamma, mamma! Ernest! (raises herself a little by the aid of a chair . 
and looks around the room, bewildered. Suddenly her eyes alight on. 
table, .she sees her hat and starts) Ah ! yes, I remember, I remember! 
{shudders, rises, tottei's to a chair and sinks into it, then slowly and 
sadly) Am I the happy girl of last night — the merry girl, who danced, 
and laughed, and chatted so gayly, only so short a tjme ago '! An eter- 
nal sea seems to roll between then and now. {starts violently) Ah ! how 
vividly those careless words spoken to Ernest Gerard, come back to me 
now, " that to have one's own way was happiness." Surely I have had 
my own way, my own way — oh ! my God ! ( pause) Oh ! what shall I do ? 
what shall I do? {music, pkmMve.) 

Woman's Voice {without). Go to your mother, dear 



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Kitty {starts violenibj, looks about eagerly, then in a frightened whis- 
per). Who si)oke? 

LrnxE Elsie {without, sobbing), I'm afraid to go lo muinnia, wlien I 
was so iiauglity. Slie told me iioi lo, and I did. 

Woman's Voice {without). Never mind, little one ; no matter liow 
disobedient you iiave l)een, go to your good motiier. Siie will love you 
still if you only say, "Mamma, I'm sorry; forgive me." 

KiTTX {witti emotion). Forgive me, oli ! forgive me. {sto}) music. She 
sinks into chair, covers her face with Jeer ha/icts, pauses, looks up) If I 
could ! But oil ! can I go back — go hack to meet with cold looks and 
colder words? Can I. dare I. return to my home- to thatliome where 
I have always been so liapi)y ? Ah ! now, now, for the first time, I know 
]iow happy." {sobs, looks up) 0\\\ have I the rigiil? have I the right? 
No, no! 1 have not, for even my mother might refuse lo forgiv-e — ndght 
no longer love me, ami that I could not bear, {wilh decision) No, any- 
llung would be better than liiat— in any place I would be less wretched 
tiian there, {same ■woman'' s voice, with piano o.ccompaniment, that icas 
heard at rise of cur lain of Act III., again heard us if in next room, 
singing "Home, Sweet Home.") 

" 'Mid pleasures and palaxies tliougli we may roam, 
Be it ever so liumble, ttiere's no place like home! 
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us tiiere, 
Wliich seek thro' the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere. 

Home! home! sweet, sweet liome! 
There's no place like home! tiiere's no place like liome! " 

{Singing continues softly till curtain.) 

KiTTV {hands iiplifted. 'with, emotion). Yes, yes, voice from heaven, 
you are right. Home, home, sweet liome. dear home ! {buries her face 
ill her hands and sobs, pauses, looks vp) My pride is broken ! I am 
going liome! {ri.'ies. goes to table and takes her hat from it. .slowly 
cros.'ies stage and goes toward c. d.) Motlu'r! niotlier ! take me back ! 
Foi'give ! forgive ! 



ACT IV. 

SCENE.— 5'ame as Act 11. Fire burning, etc. 

As curtain rises, enter Dick Danat.rs, c. d., hat ajxd gloves in hand. 

Danvers {as Douglas enters o. d.). Douglas, you will be sure to tell 
Jliss Lamjlev. the moment she comes in, that I am here waiting for her. 
Douglas '{bows). Yes, sir. {E.vit, c. d. 

Dan. {calls of ter him). Doualas? 
Doug, (as he re-enters). Sir? 

Dan. Do you think Aliss Lamrley will be back soon ? 
Doug. I really don't know, sir. 



20 TEMPEST TOSSED. 

Dan. {looks at his vntch). Woll, tlieii, as I li;ive very litl'o time to 
spnre, I might as well leave my message with you. 

Doug. Very well, sir. ■ • 

Dan. Say to Miss Langley that Mr. Danvers was liere to tell her tliat 
the dress rehearsal for tiie tableaux takes i)lace to-morrow, instead of 
the day after, but at the same hour and place. 

Doug. Yes, sir. 

Dan. {going toimrd o. d.). You won't forget? 

Doug. Oli, no sir ; I'll tell Miss Kitty that the tableaux takes place 
the day after to-morrow, instead of to-morrow. Is that right, sir ? 

Dan. {turning round). No, it's quite wrong. 

Doug, {puzzled). Isn't that what you told me to say, sir? 

Dan. {laughs). No, it's the very thing I did not tell you to say. {slow- 
l>/) I told you that the rehearsal takes place to-morrow, instead of the 
day after ; not the day after, instead of to-morrow. 

Doug, {slowly). Oh, yes, sir— the day after to-morjow 

Dan. {laughs). Oh, well, Douglas, nevermind, {comes hack from door) 
I'll wait for Miss Langley, and tell her myself. 

Doug. Very well, sir. 

Dan. Perhaps, after all, she may return soon. 

[Douglas hoirs and exit, c. D. 

Dan. {places hat and gloves on table). Now let me see. "Whom have 
I still to notify that tlie day of lliis troublesome rehearsal has been 
chang<^d? {takes from pocket a .small memorandum-hook and pencil, 
seats himself near table, Ojjens book and looks at it) Here I am at 
Folly's liouse, {smiles) or rather, I should s:iy, Miss Langley's. {marks 
off the name with pencil) First thing wlien I leave liere, I think I'll go 
lo George Washington's. Let me think, {looks np) Wliat is his number? 
Joan of Arc I know lives next door to him, but whether liis house is 
number nine or seven, or which of the two is liers, I can't for the life of 
me remember. However, as I'll l)ave to leave word for botli of them, it 
doesn't, of course, matter which I go to first. Next I'll look tip King 
Lear — no, I'll nieet him at tiie '• Sleeping Beauty's " dance to-nigl)t. The 
"Queen of Sheba" I'll see at Ihe opera, earlier in the evening, and tlie 
"Beggar Maid " also will be in Mrs. Draydon's box. Sir Walter Raleigh 
and '-Old Alother Hubbard" 1 have already told, so they are ofi' niy 
mind, {marks off' their names in book) Now they're ofi" my book. At 
"Juliet's" tea, this afternoon, I can notify the "Puritan Maiden " and 
"Queen Elizabeth," and there too I may perhaps sli'ike "Santa Glaus." 
{bell is heard ringing, jumps vp and closes hook) Ah, the bell. Miss 
Kitty, I iiope. 

Enter, c. D., Douglas, followed by Manteau. w7io carries in his hands 
a large box, such as modistes use to carry dresses in. 

Manteau. Vair veil, zan vill I vait, if you please, until ze retour of ze 
young lady. Slie ask for me to make zonie chaTiges in ze costume. I 
liave done zat, and sliould like to show zem to lier. {places the box on 
chair.) 

Douglas {in a loud voice). Shall I send Miss Langley's maid. Celeste, 
to you? You might explain to her anything yon wanted. 

Man. {who has put his hands to ?/is ears). Mon ami. young man, I 
am 'arppy to zav zat I am not deaf to my ears, zo I cannot veil speak 
your language. You need not be zo loud vit your voice. (Dasyers^ laiighs 
and seats himself as before, and look,'; over memorandum-book.) 

Doug, {embarrassed, in a whispei-). Shall I call the maid? 



TEMPEST TOSSED.- 21 ; 

Man. ViiL is zat you zay in zo leeLie a vuict;? 

Doug, {i.n )ialural voice), yiiall 1 call llie iiiiiid? 

Man. No, iiiou ami, I vill vait I'or ze voiiiig lady lierself. 

Doug. Very well, Moiisecsr. As you Freiiciiiuen say, "an reveer." 
[Exit, 0. D. Manteau secitii himself near c. d. 

Dan. {looks up from book). Monsieur, Monsieur! 

Man. {rL^ci and hows low). Hercules Theophile Manleau, a voire ser- 
vice, monsieur. 

Dan. (smiles). All, j'es, so I lliouglit. You are llie costuiner, are you 
not. who has made most of the dresses for the tableaux ne.xt week ? 

Ma.n. (bows lo(v\ Oui, monsieur, a votre service. All ! zose tableaux 
vivants, zey is sharniing-, sharming. (aside) Especiuliy for ze tailors 1 
Zey make ze fancy costume, and zey charge ze fancy price, {aloud) Ah, 
inonsienr, all zese charitable amateur entertainments are ze gootl tlnng; 
I'arislocrasie s'amuse, and ze proceeds, Dieu luerci, zey go to ze poor. 

Dan. Yes, that's true enough. We slug and dance and play in tin'n for 
charity, (aside) By the by, what is our entertainment for the benefit of? 
Upon my word, I've entirely forgotten — couldn't remember to save my 
life. (imjmtienUy) But dear me, what a vast deal of time I am wasting 
liere. I wish Miss Langley would return. The only one whose address I 
liiive still 10 look up is the "Bride of Lammermoor." (looks quicklij up) 
Ah, perhaps this man may know it. (aloud) Monsieur I 

Man. {boicf). Hercules Theophile Manteau, k votre service, monsieur. 

Dan. Have you akso made the costume for the Bride of Lammermoor? 

Man. Ah! oui, monsieur, oui, monsieur, La Lucia for Mademoiselle 
Morgan. 

Dan. Yes, Miss Morgan. Do you know her address? 

Man. Oui, monsieur,"l have it here on one leelle piece of paper. 

Dan. Ah I please let me have it then. 

Man. Oui, monsieur, a voire service, (business of takinr/ out of poc7cet 
one after another, a linen ta2)e-measi(re, which falls to the floor and 
u7irolls ; a pair of scissors, which fall to the floor with a crash ; a 
tailor^s thimble, a large piece of wa.v. etc. Then out of another pocket 
a spool of coarse black cotton, etc., etc., and then, last of all, a crum- 
pled slip of paper, lohich he hands to Danvers, bowimj low) Ah ! here 
it is, ze address, a votre service, monsietu-. 

Dan. (takes it, smiles). I see you carry about with you your imple- 
ments of war, or rather, I should say. of trade. 

Man. a votre service, monsieur, [take things from floor.) 

Dan. (jots down address in note-book, then returns -puj^er to Man- 
teau) Thank you. 

Man. (pockets papers, etc., then from, another pocket takes a card, 
inhich he hands to Danvers). Here iz my card, my bizness card, and 
here (taking from box a fancy costiime of '-Folly," with bells, dtc.) iz 
my handiwork, a votre service, monsieur. ' 

Dan. Ah, yes, Miss Langley's costume. Slie takes the part of "Folly " 
in the tableaux. The dress is very i)retly, very i)retly indeed. Ali, Ihat 
reminds me; I wonder whether I have arranged for all the propertie?:. 
((igain refers to memorand}im-book. Manteau throws dress on buck 
of arm-chair wihich stands with its back opposite door, r.. a)ul seats 
himself as before) A wand for the '-Fairy Queen." a shield for "Joan 
of Arc," a dog for "Old Mother Hubbard." a spinning-wlieel for '• Wil- 
liam Tell," — no, Ishouldsay as|)iiuiin<i--wheel for the " Puritan Maiden," 
a bow and arrow for " William Tell," and an apple for his son, Tlieu 
there's a stiletto for "the Stab in the Dark." (looks 7>p) Let me see, 
wlio gives "the Stab in the 'Dwvk''' 1 (meditatively) Whose tableau is 



22' TEMPEST TOSSED. 

Hint? {consi(Us memormidum, pause) All, yes. ]iere iL is — Mrs. Klymer. 
Yes, she gives "llie Sl;ib in llie D;irk." Blihnto for Mrs. Klyiiier. 
Kt^eps u uiiJii awfully busy, alleiidiiig to this sort of tiling, {looks at his 
■Hudch) By Jove! it's getting late. I really can't wait any longer, (touches 
hell on table, turns over leaf of memorividuin, and tcrites a moment.) 

Enter Douglas, c. d. 

Here, Douglas, {tears out leaf) I must go now. (rises) Please give this 
to Miss L:iiigley when she comes in. 

Doug. Very well, sir. (fakes leaf.) \_Exit, c. D. 

Dan. (takes hut and gloves from table, goes towards. D., glances at 
Manteau, smiles). Good d;iy, monsieur — monsieur—" 

Man. (rises and hows low). Hercules Theophile Manteau, k votre ser- 
vice, monsieur. (Danvees smiles, nods and exit, c. d.) And I ziiik zat I 
loo must follow ze example of ze monsieur. Ze time is ze money; I ciin't 
aflford to waste him. {exit, c. D. — without) I could not any longer await 
ze retour of ze young lady. I will call again. 

Doug, {without). AH riglit, Mr. Frenchman. 

Man. {'ivithout). Young man, my name iz not Mister Frenchman— it 
iz Monsieur Hercules Theophile Manteau. (loud slamming of door with- 
out.) 

Doug, (ivithout). Well, upon my word, I never! Oh, Celeste, here's a 
note Mr. Danvers left for Miss Kitty. Take it up to her room, i)lease. 
(enters c. b., yaicniiig — sees dress) Oh my! that's a nice dress the 
parlez-vous tailor left. Guess I'd better crJl Celeste to take it up to Miss 
Kitty's boudoir. It's got no business down here in tUe drawing-room. 
(yawns) But gracious me, I'm that tired I don't feel as if I could stir 
another step till I've rested a bit. (looks longiyigh/ at comfortable chair) 
Might just as well as not mnke myself coinforlalile liere, being as there's 
no one around this arternoon. (seats himself and lea»s back in chair — 
yawns) Well, thank goodness, we give no ball to-night. One ball is 
enough to hist one for some time. That is, as we jioor hnrd-working 
(lyawns) servants (yawns) t;ike it. Miss Kitty, now, flitting about and 
having a glorious time, may find it all very nice, but we poor ones,' that 
liave to see the others Iniviiig a good lime, find it rather stupid ; I may 
say, ree-ninrkably stupid, (yawns — bell rings) Pshaw! the door-bell. 
(rises .'ilotoly — yawns) Well, I suppose I ought to attend to it. (goes 
leisurely out c. D. Music, plaintive.) 

Enter, c. d., Kitty, looking pale and excited, dressed as in Act III., hat 
on, etc. She looks around the room eagerly. 

Kitty. Home again ! home ag:iin ! (stop music.) 

Enter Douglas, c. d. 

Doug. Miss Kitty, would you like your luncheon served now? 

Kitty (bewildered). I — I — ( pause) No, lliniik you, Doiighis ; you mny 
go, I want nothing — {exit Douglas, c. d.) notliing Unit you can give 
me. And oh ! what right have I to accept a kindness from you or from 
any one who lielongs to this dear home? Have I not forfeited every 
claim to it? The lowest servant here has more riglit than I? Did they 
not say tlnit they would never see me again if I beciiiie Robert Steel's 
wife? And I ;iiii, oh! I am his wretched, wretched wife! (sinks on her 
knees before the arm-chair on lohick hangs the dress of '' Folly"'— 



TEMPEST TOSSED. 23 

sobs. Pmtsfs, lifts her head, sees f he dress, shudders) 01), Folly, Folly, 
Folly ! you sl)oiil<l liL i)ie well. Those who bade me weiir you, knew me 
lietter tliiiii } knew myself. Why, why u re you here? To mock my 
misery? {stdl kneeliny i(t arm-chair, she bio-ies /ter face in it, so that 
the buck of it screens her from the door, b. ) 

Enter, r. d., Mrs. Langley«?«(^ Grey. 

Grey. No, no! do not ask it of me. I will tiike no steps to bring 
lier back. Alice, from the day of your widowhood, wiien yon returned 
to take your old place at my hearth ; from the moment when Kilty 
climl)ed upon my knee, and her sweet bal)y lii)s lisped, '-Grandpa, we's 
come to stay" — from that time, my dear, until to-day, her welfare has 
been my constant thought, the earnest wish for her happiness ever near 
to my heart. 

Mrs. L. (sobs). Oh! yes, fatlier, I know, I know. 

Grey. But, Alice, her future she has this day taken out of my hands. 
The task of making that future a bright one miist henceforlli he that of 
tite man she has chosen, for whose sake she lias left us. (Kitty shud- 
ders, her lips part and tremble as though she voidd speak but could 
not. She raises her hand to her throat and clutches at collar of her 
dress, as thouf/h she were choking) The man for whom I feel no respect, 
whose hand 1 would not take in friendship. Robert Steel shall never 
darken my door, and your daughter is now his wife. (KrrTY wrings her 
hands. ) 

Mrs. L. (sobs). But oh ! I want my child! I want my child ! {m^isic, 
plaintive.' Kitty craiclsou her knees to her mother and kisses the hem 
of her dress. Mrs. Langley shrieks. Grey starts back) Kitty ! my 
child ! 

Kitty (still on her knees, imploringly). Oh ! do not send me away ! 
do not send me away ! Mother, take me back! My heart is broken ! 
(Mrs. Langley lifts her up and takes her in her arms. Paiise, then 
Kitty raises her head from her mother's shoulder and looks at Grey. 
IStretches out her arms to him in mute appeal) And you, grandfalher, 
whom I have so sorely angered— you, whose loving care 1 have so ill 
requited by lliis act of disobedience, oh! pity me, for I am punislied ! 
Grandfather, forgive me, forgive me! (Grey turns away his head.) 

Mrs. L. (looks ap)pealingl}i at Grey). Father! (then gently to Kitty, 
as Grey does not answer) Come up to your room, my darling, (leads 
her slowly out l. d. Stop music.) 

Grey {looks after Kitty, sighs deeply, passes his hand slowly across 
his eyes). Poor child, poor child! Was I cruel to withhold my forgive- 
ness from one who, even in these few short hours, has a look of sucli 
intense suflering stamped upon lier fair young face? Ah ! to think tiiat 
only a little while has passed since that letter was read, which told me 
that my Alice's child had left forever the home which had always shel- 
tered her! And now— (.^oes to mantel, on which stands clock, and looks 
at it) now, before this timepiece has three times struck the hour, she 
has again returned to seek the protection of my roof. Ah ! poor child, 
1 fear'she is sadly punished for her wilfulness, her haughty spirit bent, 
her pride humbled. To-day. for the first time, she has felt the thorns in 
life's pathway. Alas! alas! she has done, in one moment of anger, 
that which can never be undone. Poor little Kitty, poor Utile Kitty! 
Merry K^itty Langley, her young friends always called her. (starts) Ah 
me ! Kitty Langley no more, never more, never more ! 

[Exit slowly, R. D., shaking his head. 



24 TEMPEST TOSSED. 

Elder, c. d., Douglas, yamniug, a feather dusler in his h/ind. Bnsi- 
iiess of puliing room to rights, dtistin;/ table, etc. Then, crosses 
over to mantel and dusts objects, statuettes, etc., on it. 

Doug. Oli. (ijairns) tiiose statues, called Dresden, I believe, {yawns) 
I do tiiid so tifesunie. He, with liis idiotic leer, and slie, witli lier silly 
simper. If the world was coming to an end thej' would still stand there, 
smiling at each other; yes, even if there was some one lying dead before 
iheir eyes in tins very room, I do believe, you dumb sheplierd and you 
foolish shepherdess. Ugh I {sees dress on chair) Oh I there's that dress, • 
that pretty parlez-vous dress. But it ought to come away from here. 
It ain't according lo the rules of netiquette to leave dresses around on 
chairs in dra,wing-rooms. Nor neither according to tlie mottorof "a 
place for everytliing, and everything in its place." {takes it np and looks 
at it admiringly) How jolly it looks, {shakes it so that the bells jingle) 
And how jolly it sounds, {business of folding it up and replacing it in^ 
box) My, but' she's a lucky one, Miss Kitty is — no mistake about that. I 
Tiiere are some i)eople wlio always have good times, and Miss Kitty's* 
one of 'em — {goes toward c. d. icitk bo.v in hand— with emphasis) tliat 
she is. \_Exit, c. d. Pause. Music, plaintive. 

Enter Kitty, l. d., very pale, crosses stage slowly and wearily. 

Kitty. I cannot remain in my room alone— alone witli my thoughts. 
{sinks into arm-chair with back to c. d., leans back, closes her eyes — 
pause) They did not send me away. I tliaiik kind Heaven for that. 
They are good to me— oli ! so much better tlian I deserve. They will 
let me rest here, and I am grateful, for I am tired, {sighs 'ivearily) Oh ! 
so tired, {sto}? music. Slowly, musingly) As when, in times of peace, 
those who have never heard tlie din, who know nothing of the roar 
and carnage of battle, listen willi careless ears — with no foreboding of 
days moreturbulent to come — to the unfolding of tlie horrors of war — 
listen calmly, unmovedly, as though listening to the recital of some 
strange, far-ofl' truged\', in which they will never be called n|)on to take,, 
apart;— as the children of the rich, in their cheery play-rooms, whilei 
they draw aside the heavy curtains, and from tlieir warm, cozy nests' 
Avatch the fast-falling snow— noting nothing but tlie softness of its Hakes 
— hear that those_ same snow-tiakes are falling pitilessly upon the uncov- 
ered heads and thinly, meagrely clad forms of many homeless, house- , 
less little wanderers, whose bare, freezing little feet are wading through 
tliat same cold snow— and yet, looking wonderingly at the teller, fail to 
I'ealize the mournful meaning— so I, while poring over the gay book of 
"Joy," witli its alluring pictures, had heard, in a dim, vague way of the 
existence of a plain, heavy, darkly-l)Ound volume, with "Sorrow" on its 
title-page, yet had never thought it possible that tlie time would ever 
come when that tome would be opened to me, tintil now, when, williout 
the slightest warning, it has suddenly, with miiihty force, fallen upon, 
me, its great weigiit crushing me down. And the knowledge that my 
own rash hand has been the one insLrumental in moving it from iisj 
])lace— from that hiding place in which, through the hai)py, unlhink-r 
ing years of my life, it iias always lain— makes the reading of it now 
none the less hard— none the less bitter. 

Enter, c. D., Gerard, sees Kitty, crosses over to her. 

Kitty {looks up, sees him, shrieks, i^uts her hand to her heart, loolcs 



TEMPEST TOSSED. 2S' 

at him dazed, bewildered, theji slowly). You here! you! {stares vacant- 
ly at him.) 

Gerard. I nm so sorry 

Kitty (still staring at him in a dazed way). Sorry ! Sorry for wliat ? 

Gerard. Sorry for luiviiig' startled you so. You look pale, very pale, 
aiul tired. I atu afraid last night's excitement was too mucli for you. 
{kindly) However, you M'ill soon be rested; and in the ineanwiiilo 
have the consolation— dear to a young fashionable like yourself— that' 
the world's— your world's — verdict is that your liall last night was a 
perfect success, (bows gallantly, with a smile) Quite tlie triumph of tlie 
season, (pause) Wliy do you look so coldly at me? What have I done 
to oflend you so? {with feeling) Surely you cannot be angry with me for 
so trifling a thing? Angry because I did not wish to pain my dear little 
sister— sufl'eriiig little Bess— by parting with the flower which she, with 
her poor weak iiands had given me? 

Kitty {still looting dazed, sloniy). Yom — sister ! 

Gerard. Yes; and, Kitty, to-day I spoke to her of you! 

Kitty (slowly). Of me ! 

Gerard (tenderly). Yes, dear; I asked her if she would be willing to 
have me bring her home a sweet sister. Last evening, in liie conserva- 
tory, I was interrupted by Mrs. Klymer. The words tliat I then longed 
to niter I have now come to say Kitty, don't you know what those 
words are? Don't you? Dear Kitty, 1 love you 1 Will you not come to 
gladden and bring sunshine to my new home? Gome and be a sister to 
iitth; Bess. Kitty, my love, come and be my wife! 

Kitty ( puts her hands to Iter ears, as if to shut out his words, jumps 
up). My punishment is great— too great, too great! 

GiiRARD. Kitty, Kitty, what is it? Do you then hate me so? Surely 
not, when I love you so dearly. And last night I hoped— I imagined— 
that perhaps 

Kitty. Last, niglit ! I have lived years since then ! 

Gerard. Kitt}', explain to me. Why are you so changed? What has 
happened since last night? 

KxTVY (raises her left hand). This. See! my wedding-ring.! 

Gerard {staggers, then iJi a hoarse whisper). Married! married! 

Kitty (whispers). Y"es, married ! 

Gerard. When ? 

Kitty. Three iiours ago! 

Gerard {fiercely). To whom ? AVho, who has stolen you from me? 

Kitty (witdly). What does it matter — oh ! what? I hate him and I 
love you ! {starts violently, looks at her 'wedding-ring, team's it from off 
her finger, rushes to the fireplace and tlirows it in the fire, flinging u/> 
her arms) Now, now I am free! (jwints to fire) Look! There in the 
tire— my wedding-ring! I am free! (lunghs vnldly) Free! {pause, slow- 
ly, ironderingly) Why do you look so strangely at me? Is it not so? 
Am I not free? 

Gerard (,s«f%). Ah! my love— my poor, poor love— the vows you 
made this morning at the altar are not so lislitly flung aside. God 
help. us both ! {pause. Music until curtain. Ivitty suddenly puts her 
hand to her heart, staggers) What is it? You are ill ! 

Kitty {sinlcs in arm-chair). Yes. yes! Call some one! {ga.<ps) Quick 
— someone! My mother! my mother! {sinks back in arm-chair, her 
head falling low.) 

Gerard '{rushes to c. d. and calls). Mrs. Langley, your daughter is 
ill — she has fainted ! 

Enter, c. D., Mrs. Langley. 



26 



TEMPEST TOSSED. 



IfRS. L. What, wliat— oh! what is it? {kneels doion before Kitty, 
and places her hand over her heart) It is— what I feared. My cliild ! My 
only treasure ! 

Enter, c. d., Grey. 

Gerakd. 01) ! sir, quick— send for help ! 

Grey {looks a moment at Kitty's drooping head, then lifts it). All ! 
poor, poor child ! No earthly help can save her now I She is bej'oud. 

CURTAIN. 



PROPERTIES. 

Act I. — Rose for Gerakd; fan for Kittt; wrap for Gebabd (Mrs. Klymer's). 

Act II. — Embroidery for Mbs. Langley; newspaper for Gret; basket with visit- 
ing cards for Kitty to overturn; letter for Douglas; salver on which to bring letter. 

Act III.— Feather duster for Mabtha; fan for Little Elsie; wedding-ring for 
Kitty. 

Act IV. — Memorandum-book and pencil, and call-bell on table for Danvebs; large 
dressmaker's box, with costume of "Folly," large spool of coarse black cotton, 
piece of wax, tailor's thimble, scissors, linen tape-measure, crumpled piece of writ- 
ing paper, small stump of pencil and business card for Manteau: feather duster for 
Douglas; statuettes, etc., on mantel; wedding-ring for Kitty. 



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Adrienne, drama, 3 acts 7 

Ail that Glitters is not Gold, comic 

drama, Q acts 6 

All on Account of a Bracelet, come- 
dietta, 1 act 2 

Anything for a Change, comedy, 1 act 3 
Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts. .. 7 

Area Belle, farce, 1 act 3 

Atchi, comedietta, 1 act 3 

Aunt Charlotte's Maid, farce, 1 act. 3 
Aunt Dinah's Pledge, temperance 

drama, 2 acts 6 

Bachelor's Box (La Petite Hotfel), 

conwdietta, 1 act 4 

Bardell vs. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. fi 
Barrack Koom (The), comedietta,2a. 6 

Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 

Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 

Betsey Baker, farce, 1 act 2 

Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act.. 7 

Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 

Black-Eyed Susan, drama, 2 acts. . . 14 
Black and White, drama, 3 acts. ... 6 

Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 

Breach of Promise, drama, 2 acts . . 5 
Brokeu-Hearted Chib, comedietta. . 4 

Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Bottle (The), drama, 2 acts 11 

Box and Cox, Komance.jl act 2 

Cabman No. 93, farce, 1 act 2 

Captain of the Watch, comedietta, 

1 act 6 

Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 

Cast upon the World, drama, 5 acts. 11 
Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3 acts 12 

Caught by the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 

Charming Pair, farce, 1 act 4 

Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts 6 

Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3a. 9 
Chimney; Corner (The), domestic 

drama, 3 acts .5 

Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act.. 3 
Circumstances alter Cases, comic 

operetta, 1 act 1 

Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 

Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 



222. 
248. 
107. 
152. 
52. 
148. 

113. 

20. 

286. 

4. 

22. 
275. 

96. 

16. 

58. 
125. 

71. 
142. 
204. 

21. 
260. 
240. 
263. 
186. 
242. 

47. 
283. 

202. 
315. 
297. 

200. 
135. 
230. 
103. 



128. 

101. 

99. 

262. 

145. 

102. 



Cool as a Cucumber, farce, 1 act.. . . 3 
Cricket on the Hearth, drama, 3 acts 8 

Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 

Cupid's Eye Glass, comedy, 1 act.. 1 

Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 

Cut Off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 

Cyril's Success, comedy, 6 acts 10 

Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 

Daisy Fa?:ni, drama, 4 acts 10 

Dandelion's Dodges, farce, 1 act... 4 

David Ga.rick, comedy, 3 acts 8 

Day After the Wedding, tarce, 1 act 4 
Dearest Jlsmma, comedietta, 1 act.. 4 
Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts. ... 6 

Deborah (Leah), drama, 3 acts 7 

Deerfoot, fa vce, 1 act 5 

Doing for tiie Best, drama, 2 acts.. 5 
Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts. . 9 
Drawing Boom Cttr(A).comedy,l act 2 

Dreams, (^^ania, 5 acts,. 6 

Drunkard's Warning, drama, 3 acts 6 
Drunkard's Doom (The), drama, 2a. 15 

Drunkard (The), drama, 5 acts 13 

Duchess de la Vallier'>,play, 5 acts.. 6 

Dumb Belle (The), farce, 1 act 4 

Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act. . . 5 

E. C. B. Susan Jane, musical bur- 
lesque, 1 act 8 

Eileen Oge, Irish drama. 4 acts 11 

Electric Love, farce, 1 act 1 

English Gentleman (An), comedy- 
drama, 4 acts 7 

Estranged, operetta. 1 act 1 

Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts 6 
Family Jars, musical farce, 2 acts.. 5 
Faust and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts 9 
Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

ijiterlude, 1 act 4 

Female Detective, drama, 3 acts 11 

Fernande, drama, 3 acts '•.1 

Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 

Fifteen Years of a Drunkard's Life, 

melodi'ama, 3 acts 13 

First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 

Foiled, drama. 4 acts - n 

Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act 4 



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M. F. 

269, Fruits of the Wine Cup, drama, 3 cts 6 3 
192. Game of Oai-da (A), comedietta, la.. 3 1 

74. Gai-riok Fever, farce, 1 act 7 4 

63. Gertrude's Mouey Box, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
73. Goldeu Fetters (Fettered), drama, 3.11 i 
30. Goose witli tlie Goldeu l^o'gs, farce, 

1 act 5 3 

131. Go to Putney, farce, 1 act 4 3 

276. Good for Nothing, comic drama, la. 5 1 
306. Great Success (A), comedy, 3 acts ..85 

277. Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw, 

farce,lact ..4 2 

203. Heir Apparent (The), farce. 1 act... 5 1 

21 1 . Handy Andy, drama, 2 acts .... 10 3 

28. Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 1 

1-51. Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

8. Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 3 

180. Henry the Fifth, hist, play, 5 acts. .38 6 

303. Her Only Fault, comedietta, 1 act.. 2 2 

19. He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 2 

60. Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 5 

191. High 0, comedietta, 1 act 3 3 

246. High Life Below Stairs,farce,2 acts. 9 5 

301. Hiuko, romantic drama, 6 acts 1'2 7 

'224. His Last Legs, farce, 2 acts 5 3 

387. His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 5 1 

"\ 74. Home, comedy. 3 acts 4 3 

211. Honesty is the Best Policy, play, 1. 2 

64. Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 1 

190. Hunting the Slippers, farce, 1 act.. 4 1 

197. Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 13 2 

225. Ici on Parle Francais, farce, 1 act.. . 3 4 

252. Idiot Witness, melodrama, 3 acts. . . 6 1 

18. If I had a Thousand a Year, farce, 14 3 

116. I'm not Mesilf at all, Irish stew, la. 3 2 

29. In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act. 2 3 

i59. In the Wrong House, farce, 1 acr. . . 4 2 

278. Irish Attorney (The), faroe, 2 acts.. 8 2 
282. Irish Broom Maker, farce, 1 act 9 3 

273. Irishman in London, farce, 1 acts. . 6 3 

243. Irish Lion (The), farce, 1 act. ...... 8 3 

271. Irish Post (The), drama. 1 act 9 3 

244. Irish Tutor (The), farce, 1 act 5 2 

270. Irish Tiger (The), farce, 1 act 5 1 

274. Irish Widow (The), farce, 2 acts .... 7 1 

322. Isabella Orsiul, drama, 4 acts 11 4 

177. I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 14 1 

100. Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 2 

299. Joan of Arc, hist, play, 5 acts.. . . . .26 6 

139. Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . 3 3 

17. Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts 6 4 

233. Kiss in the Dark (A), farce, 1 act.. . . 2 3 

309. Ladies' Battle (The), comedy, 3 acts 7 2 

86. Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts. 12 5 

137. L' Article 47, drama, 3 acts .11 5 

72. Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 2 

144. Lancashire Lass, melodrania.4 acts, 12 3 

34. Larkins' Love Letters, fiirce. 1 act.. 3 2 

189. Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act 1 1 

253. Lend Me Five Shillings, farce, 1 act 5 3 

111. Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 2 

119. Life Chase, drama. 5 acte 14 5 

239. Limerick Boy (The), farce, 1 act 5 2 

48. Little Annie's Birthdav. farce, 1 act..2 4 

32. Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 3 

/64. Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 6 

295. Little Em'l'y, drama, 4 acts 8 8 

16,5. Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act 3 2 

228. Loan of a Lover(The), vaudeville.l. i 1 



109. Locked in, comedietta, 1 act 2 ; 

85. Locked in with a Lady, sketch 1 ] 

87. Locked Out, comic scene 1 i 

143. Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act. . 4 2 
212. Loudon Assurance, comedy, 5 acts 10 3 

291. M. P.. comedy, 4 acts 7 2 

210. Mabel's Blauceuvre, interlude, 1 act 1 3 

163. Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 3 

154. Maria and Jlagdalena, play, 4 acts.. 8 6 
63. Marriage at any Price, farce, 1 act.. 6 3 

249. Marriage a Lottery, comedy, 2 acts. 3 4 
208. Married Bachelors, comedietta, la.. 3 2 

39. Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act 4 2 

7. Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 3 

49. Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act .8 2 

15. Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 2 

46. Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 6 2 

51. Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 2 

302. Model Pair (A), comedy, 1 act 2 2 

184. Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 3 

250, More Blunders than One, farce, la. i 3 
312. More Sinned against than Sinning, 

original Irish drama, 4 acts 11 

234. Morning Call (A), comedietta, 1 act. 1 1 

108. Mr. Scropgins, farce, 1 act 3 3 

188. Mr. X., farce, I act 3 3 

109. My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act .4 1 

216. My Neighbor's Wife, farce, 1 act 3 8 

236. My Turn Next, farce, 1 act 4 3 

193. My Walking Photograph, musical 

diiality, 1 act 1 1 

267. My Wife's Bonnet, farce, 1 act 3 4 

130. My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 1 

92. My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act. 2 9 

218. Naval Engagements, farce, 2 acts. ..4 S 
140. Nevsr Reckon your Chickens, etc., 

farce. 1 act. . 3 4 

115. New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 6 

2. Nobody's Child, drama, 3 acts 18 3 

57. Noemie, drama, 2 acts.. 4 

104. No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 

112. Not a bit Jealous, farce, 1 act 3 

298. Not if I Know it, farce, 1 act 4 

185. Not BO bad as we Seem, play, 5 act6.13 

84. Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 

117. Not such a Fool as he Looks, drama, 
3 acts 5 

171. Nothing like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 

14. No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts. . . :13 

30r Notre Dame, drama, 3 acts 11 

26'., . Object of Interest (An), farce, 1 act. 4 

268. Obstinate Family (The), farce, 1 act. 3 

173. Off the Stage, comedietta, 1 act 3 

2^7. Omnibus (The), farce, 1 act 5 

176. On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act. . . 1 
254. One Too Many, farce, 1 act ... 4 

33. One Too Many for Him, farce, 1 act 2 

3. £100,000, comedj', 3 acts 8 

90. Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act — - . 2 

170. Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 2 

289. On the Jury, drama, 4 acts 5 5 

97. Orange Blossoms, comedietta, 1 act 3 3 

66. Orange Girl, drama. 4 acts 18 4 

209. Othello, tragedy, 5 acts 16 2 

172. Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

94. Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 5 

45. Our Domestics, comedy-farce, 2 acts 6 C 

1,S5. Onr Heroes, military play, 5 acts.. .24 6 
178. Out at Sea, drama, 5 acts! ^....17 5 



DE WITT'S ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DEAMA.-Continued. 



33. 

91. 

103. 

1. 

36. 

18. 

60. 

37. 

90. 
109. 

19. 
149. 
151. 

96. 
147. 

129. 

101. 

117. 

U. 

8. 

119. 

49. 
132. 
145. 

22, 

27. 
125. 

30. 
114. 

76. 
' 91. 
i 87, 

:135, 

1 92, 

9, 

■- 57, 

65, 

66, 

1115, 

I 14, 

105, 

1 45, 

: 65 



M. F. 

Jealous Husband, sketch 2 1 

Julius the Suoozei". burlesque, 3 so. 6 1 
Kati'iua's Little Game, Dutch act, 

1 sceue 1 1 

Last of the Mohicaus, sketch 3 1 

Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 scene 6 1 

Live lujuu, sketch, 4 scenes 4 1 

Lost Will, sketch 4 

Lucky Job, farce, 2 scenes 3 2 

Lunatic (The), farce, 1 sceue ... 3 

Making a Hit, farce, 2 scenes 4 

Malicious Trespass, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
'iMerikj', Ethiopian fai'ce, 1 sceue... 3 1 
:Micky Free, Irish sketch, 1 sceue . . 5 
Midnight Intruder, farce, 1 scene . 6 1 
Milliner's Shop (The), Ethiopian 

sketch, 1 scene 2 2 

Moko Marionettes, Ethiopian eccen- 
tricity, 2 scenes 4 5 

Molly Moriarty, Irish musical 

sketch, 1 scene 1 1 

Motor Bellows, comedy, 1 act 4 

Musical Servant, sketch, 1 scene.... 3 
Mutton Trial, sketch, 2 scenes .... 4 
MyWife'sVisitors, comic drama,lsc. 6 1 
Night in a Strange Hotel, sketch, Isc. 2 
Noble Savage, Ethi'n sketch, 1 sc. .. 4 
No Pay No Cure, Ethi'n sketch, 1 bc. 5 

Obeying Orders, sketch, 1 scene 2 1 

lOOti). Night of Hamlet, sketch 7 1 

Oh, Hush ! operatic olio 4 1 

One Night in a Bar Boom, sketch . . 7 
One Night in a Medical College, 

Ethiopian sketch, 1 scene 7 1 

One, Two, Three, sketch, 1 scene. . 7 
Painter's Aijprentice, farce, 1 scene. 5 
Pete aud the Peddler, Negro and 

Irish sketch, 1 scene 2 1 

Pleasant Companions, Ethiopian 

sketch, 1 scene 5 1 

Polar Bear (The), farce, 1 sceue 4 1 

Policy Players, sketch, 1 scene 7 

Pompey's Patients, interlude, 2 sc.^ 6 
Porter's Troubles, sketch, 1 scene.. 6 1 

Port Wine vs. Jealousy, sketch 2 1 

Private Boardiug, comedy, 1 scene. 2 3 

Recruiting Office, sketch, 1 act 5 

Rehearsal (The), Irish farce, 2 sc. . . 3 1 
Remittance from Home,sketch,l sc. 6 
Rigging a Purchase, sketch, 1 ec. .. 3 



ir. F. 

81. Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene 4 

26. Rival Tenants, sketch 4 

138. Rival Barbers' Shops (The), Ethio- 
pian farce, 1 sceue 6 1 

15. Sam's Courtship, farce, 1 act 2 1 

59. Sausage Makers, sketch, 2 scenes.. 5 1 

21. Scampinl, pantomime, 2 scenes 3 3 

80. Scenes on the Mississippi, sketch, 

2 scenes 6 

84. Serenade (The), sketch, 2 scenes.. . . 7 

38. Siamese Tvjrins, sketch, 2 scenes 5 

74. Sleep Walker, sketch, 2 scenes 3 

46. Slippery Day, sketch j 1 scene 6 1 

69. Squire lor a Day, sketch 5 1 

56. Stage-struck Couple, Interlude, 1 sc. 2 1 

72. Stranger, burlesque, 1 scene 1 2 

13. Streets of New York, sketch, 1 sc. . . 6 

16. Storming the Fort, sketch, 1 scene. 5 
7. Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 scene 2 

121. Stocks Up ! Stocks Down ! Negro 

duologue, 1 scene 2 

47. Take It, Don't Take It, sketch, 1 sc. 2 
54. Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene 3' 

100. Three Chiefs (The), sketch, 1 scene. 6 

102. Three A. M., sketch, 2 scenes 3 1 

34. Three Strings to one Bow, sketch, 

1 scene ..... 4 1 

122. Ticket Taker, Ethi'n farce, 1 scene. 3 

2. Tricks, sketch 5 2 

104. Two Awfuls (The), sketch, 1 scene.. 5 
5. Two Black Roses, sketch 4 1 

28. Uncle Eph's Dream, sketch, 2 sc. . . 3 1 
134. Unlimited Cheek, sketch, 1 scene.. 4 1 

62. Vinegar Bitters, sketch, 1 scene 6 1 

32. Wake up, William Henry, sketch. . . 3 

39. Wanted, a Nurse, sketch, 1 scene... 4 

75. Weston, the Walkist, Dutch sketch, 

1 scene 7 1 

93. What shall I Take? sketch, 1 scene. 7 1 

29. Who Died First ? sketch, 1 scene. . . S 1 
97. Who's the Actor? farce, 1 scene 4 

137. Whose Baby is it ? Ethiopian sketch, 

1 sceue . 2 1 

143. Wonderful Telephone (The), Ethio- 
pian sketch, 1 scene ... 4 1 

99. Wrong Woman in the Right Place, 

sketch, 2 scenes 2 2 

85. Young Scamp, sketch, 1 scene 3 

116. Zacharias' Funeral, farce, 1 scene.. 5 



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